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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Photo Gallery => Topic started by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 17:04:38

Title: Old MB brochures.
Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 17:04:38

Hello, I have a lot of older MB brochures, I show you here some pictures about them, if you like I will Post more.

Greetings: Ger.


First one is the Type 500 from 1937.

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Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 17:08:34

Some more pictures of it.

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Post by: dtuttle123 on April 14, 2012, 20:27:03

Ger - thanks for posting - these are very cool!!  I like the model name on the bottom photo - the "Offender"!

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Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 20:49:47

Ha, you mean the 'Open Touring' car, it's a German brochure, they call it 'Offener Tourenwagen'.

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Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 21:23:21

Here another beautiful car the 540K from 1937.

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Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 21:25:33

and these.

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Post by: gerster on April 14, 2012, 21:28:50

What a car.

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Post by: Jordan on April 14, 2012, 22:35:12

Ger, thanks for posting.  They are very cool.

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Post by: gerster on April 15, 2012, 20:28:49

Here an original brochure of the legendary SSK from 1928.

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Post by: Jonny B on April 15, 2012, 23:10:45

Very cool, and interesting to see the old, "art" style covers. I believe img-0367 was used on the cover of J Mehles book on the SSK's (don't remember if it was book 1 or book 2). Traveling now, so unable to check.

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Post by: gerster on April 25, 2012, 11:04:21

Here some pics of my recently buyed Pagode, I hope you like them.

Greetings: Ger.

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Post by: gerster on April 30, 2012, 06:56:56

Here some pics of Ponton brochures of the Fifties.

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Post by: treedoc on May 01, 2012, 23:26:55

Hi Ger,

Many thanks for sharing your brochures, it would be interesting to know how you came by them and how long you / your family has had them.
Below are some pages from the sales book that origonally came with our 280SL
If you can read it you will notice a slight error on the spec sheet, maximum speed 200 MPH
If you send me your PM I could scan all pages and forward to you, but I gues you already have material on the W113


Thanks again

Treedoc

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Post by: gerster on May 02, 2012, 05:37:16

Hello Treedoc, I collect the brochures for more than 30 years now so I have alot of them, I think they made a little mistake with the 200 mph, it should be 200 km/u. Thanks for your offer to scan the pages from the W113 brochure but as you already guessed, I have them all.

Greetings: Ger.

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Post by: gerster on May 02, 2012, 19:28:40

Here some more pics.

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Post by: gerster on May 05, 2012, 11:57:06

Here the famous 300 SL 'Gullwing'.

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Post by: gerster on May 05, 2012, 11:58:36

and some more pics of it.

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Post by: gerster on May 05, 2012, 12:00:55

And the Roadster.

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Post by: gerster on June 05, 2012, 20:56:22

Here some pictures of a nice MB Police car brochure from 1959.

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Post by: Bonnyboy on June 05, 2012, 22:55:59

Absolutely beautiful brochures  - Thank you for sharing.

Something I've never seen before - 190sl Funkstreifenwagon Radio car – max speed of 112 MPH - how many minutes would that take?

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Post by: gerster on June 07, 2012, 18:37:59

Here some pictures of a Type 380 brochure from 12-1933.

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Post by: gerster on June 07, 2012, 18:39:42

and some more.

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Post by: gerster on June 07, 2012, 18:41:19

Technical Data.

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Post by: gerster on June 08, 2012, 08:28:04

Here a German victory brochure from 1940.

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Post by: gerster on June 12, 2012, 14:37:13

Here a little brochure for the International Motor Exhibition Olympia London of 1934, not in the best condition but maybe that gives extra charm to it.

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Post by: scoot on June 12, 2012, 14:58:15

I absolutely love old car literature, brosures, advertisements.  I would like to open the topic of having an on-line collection of literature.  Take a look at this link on the Jag Lovers forum pages:
 http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/
Specific example - the X-type:

http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/section_s-type.html

This is a wonderful resource.

I wonder if there is a good place in this forum for digitized Mercedes literature...
Have a look at the Jag stuff - it is wonderful.

Your Mercedes literature is really great and reminded me of the Jag pages...

Scott

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Post by: gerster on June 12, 2012, 15:16:34

You'r right Scott, looks great, but the problem with the thicker brochures is that they are glued together so if you want to scan them then you have to open the brochure completely and the glue will brake so the pages are coming loose ,there is no problem when the brochures are stapled or have a ring mounting.

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Post by: gerster on June 12, 2012, 22:02:25

Here another small brochure from 1934/35.

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Post by: scoot on June 13, 2012, 01:31:40

Quote from: gerster on June 12, 2012, 15:16:34

You'r right Scott, looks great, but the problem with the thicker brochures is that they are glued together so if you want to scan them then you have to open the brochure completely and the glue will brake so the pages are coming loose ,there is no problem when the brochures are stapled or have a ring mounting.

It wouldn't work well for bound brochures (but photographs could still do a pretty good job). 

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Post by: gerster on June 13, 2012, 09:22:55

I will give it a try Scott.  I will post the result here.

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Post by: gerster on June 13, 2012, 11:48:19

I don't know if it is the right place here on this forum because I think alot of members are only interested in the Pagoda and not in other MB's.
You see a high score on views but only a few reactions if they like it.

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Post by: Larry & Norma on June 13, 2012, 12:25:57

I think they are great, more please :)

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Post by: gerster on June 15, 2012, 12:04:14

Quote from: scoot on June 13, 2012, 01:31:40

It wouldn't work well for bound brochures (but photographs could still do a pretty good job). 

Hello Scott, I did give it a try but the MB brochures from the 50's and 60's are mostly from a bad quality if you open them completely then the pages are coming loose. I show you some examples in the pictures below.

1st a picture from the 200 Fintail from 1965.
2nd a 220 Convertible brochure from 1954.
3rd a 300S brochure.
On the last picture you see the binding of a prewar brochure, they are from a much better quality and are glued and stapled.

The thicker Jaguar brochures are stapled or had a spiral bounding.

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Post by: gerster on June 16, 2012, 21:17:40

Here some pictures from a foldout brochure of the Type 460 (Nurburg) of 1929. Look at the nice wooden wheels.

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Post by: gerster on July 21, 2012, 18:17:06

Here pictures from a brochure from around 1923 before the merger between Mercedes and Benz (1926) it describes the 6-cilinder models of that time.

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Post by: gerster on July 21, 2012, 18:35:10

and some more pictures of it.

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Post by: gerster on October 23, 2013, 04:34:49

Here some pics of the German brochure of the 540K from 1938.

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Post by: gerster on October 23, 2013, 04:37:05

Here some more.

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Post by: pdc on October 23, 2013, 05:55:20

Gerster,

Thanks for sharing this.

Looking at the last one you posted, the red one; you know what model that is? I would like to google it and see some real pictures of it. Looks great.

mvg

Pascal

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Post by: gerster on October 23, 2013, 06:22:18

The red-one is the Special Roadster Pascal, it's in my opinion the most beautiful Mercedes of all times.

Greetings: Ger.

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Post by: pdc on October 23, 2013, 06:30:46

Ger,

OK the 540 special roadster, I am slow thinker apparently  ::)

Just googled this and seen some are sold over 6M$, one even over 11M

I agree that is a very nice one .

thanks !

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Post by: gerster on December 11, 2013, 09:45:16

Here an English brochure from 1933 with the famous SS and SSK.

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Post by: gerster on December 11, 2013, 09:46:28

Continue.

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Post by: gerster on December 11, 2013, 09:47:35

Continue.

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Post by: gerster on December 11, 2013, 09:48:36

The last pages.

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Post by: KevinC on December 11, 2013, 16:35:20

For those interested in their own collection, I have had some good success with these folks...

http://www.autolit.com/Store/home.php?cat=550

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Post by: Benz Dr. on December 11, 2013, 16:37:31

Alll of those 1930's cars are Full Classic today. The ones from the 1950's and 60's are Milestone cars as are our Pagodas.
I have a small collection of similar literature and over 50 dealers books from the 50's and 60's. Some of them are for trucks and engine blocks - not sure how rare those are today. I also have a dealers price list from 1966. Amazing how much prices have increased over the years and in particular, these last couple of years.

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Post by: KevinC on December 11, 2013, 16:39:37

Here's a shot from an MB Brochure of a 1968 280 SL. But its not is it? Probably a 250SL used for an early printed piece. Note the rocker panels are the same color as the body...what the heck???

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Post by: gerster on May 25, 2015, 10:45:48

The Site is still expanding every week!

Gr. Ger

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Post by: w113bkk on May 25, 2015, 12:20:35

Thanks for posting the pics. I love old automobile art work!

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Post by: gerster on June 01, 2015, 13:00:43

Visitors on my website is still expanding has you can see here only UK stay behind!

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Post by: Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ on June 01, 2015, 13:21:09

Quote from: gerster on June 01, 2015, 13:00:43

Visitors on my website is still expanding has you can see here only UK stay behind!

Hello Ger,

I note that Canada is not part of your list, is it part of the US? or are we part of the Unresolved?

Great work you are doing BTW ... Thank You!

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Post by: mbzse on June 01, 2015, 13:30:36

Hello Ger,

So, Sweden didn´t even make it onto the list. No visits (?)
/hans in Sweden

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Post by: gerster on June 01, 2015, 13:41:40

I've no idea guys, this is what I can see on my host-page.

Gr. Ger.

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Post by: gerster on June 06, 2015, 13:08:28

Two Pagoda brochures added, 250SL from 2-1967 (E), 280SL 12-1967 (E).

Gr. Ger.

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Post by: gerster on July 21, 2015, 06:35:52

My Site did get a boost in June as you can see here!

Title: Brochure website
Post by: gerster on September 27, 2015, 08:27:07

280SL brochure from 12-1968 in English added, has the same front as the 67 version but inside is completely different.

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/W113_280SL_1268engels.html

Gr. Ger.

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Post by: gerster on September 29, 2015, 06:28:09

Nice picture from 1964.

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Post by: 450sl on September 29, 2015, 08:10:17

Cool Picture .... Thanks

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Post by: gerster on September 29, 2015, 10:59:27

1963 USA brochure is also there.

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/W113_1963usa.html

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Post by: gerster on October 23, 2015, 15:02:37

Around 870 MB brochures online now!

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/Engels_index.html

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Post by: gerster on November 21, 2015, 08:17:33

Interesting booklet from 1970.

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/ReisenmitMB_0570DEFS.html

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Post by: gerster on November 26, 2015, 21:27:38

For the French readers. :  http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/W113_280SL_1267frans.html

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Post by: gerster on December 02, 2015, 18:15:50

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/w113_colours1063.html

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Post by: gerster on December 05, 2015, 14:33:44

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/W113_230SL_0863duits.html

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Post by: gerster on February 01, 2016, 10:09:59

http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/Lakken_BekledingmapSenSL_0775.html

For the R/C107 and W116.